Let’s Talk About Holiday Pressure (and Why I’m Over It)
Over 50 & Flourishing with Dominique Sachse
Dear Media
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this solo episode, Dominique reflects on how the holidays have become a season of excess, and why she’s choosing a simpler, more intentional path this year.
She opens up about the pressure to perform through decor, gifts, and traditions, and how midlife has shifted her perspective on what truly matters. From nostalgic memories of the ‘70s and homemade costumes to the overwhelm of today’s consumer culture, Dominique invites listeners to rethink what joy and connection really look like.
In this episode, Dominique discusses:
- How holiday consumerism steals our peace and presence
- Letting go of pressure and finding joy in simplicity
- The difference between obligation and true meaning
- Minimalist ideas for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
- Reclaiming gratitude, creativity, and connection during the holidays
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:14.3 | Hey, welcome to a very impromptu episode of Over 50 in Flourishing. |
| 0:19.3 | I've been out running errands today and just, you know, |
| 0:22.0 | knocking out a punch list. And I have just seen a lot of holiday. And it really landed on me a little |
| 0:29.5 | weird. And I wanted to talk about it because maybe it's this space that I'm in, which has been a space |
| 0:37.3 | of getting rid of things, |
| 0:39.9 | minimalizing, trying to downsize in terms of stuff. |
| 0:44.1 | And everywhere I look is stuff, stuff on houses, stuff in yards, stuff in stores. |
| 0:52.0 | It's like being vomited everywhere. And you even see it on your social media |
| 0:58.4 | threads. People are, you know, posting their Halloween decor and the this decor and their, |
| 1:03.5 | you know, hobby lobby and just colors and and this consumerism. And, you know, I know this is |
| 1:09.7 | nothing new, right? I'm not bringing anything |
| 1:13.0 | to the equation that hasn't been said or talked about before. But the way that it's just been hitting |
| 1:19.0 | me, I feel is very different than it has in the past. And I'm thinking, maybe I'm not the only one. |
| 1:26.9 | Maybe I'm not the only one who is getting very tired, weary, and frustrated with this |
| 1:32.9 | bought-in visual presentation of how the holidays should be. |
| 1:38.2 | And what comes with this presentation is money. |
| 1:43.4 | The excess, the spending, the consumerism is weighing on me. |
| 1:48.6 | I don't like it. |
| 1:49.8 | I don't like it. |
| 1:51.6 | At this stage in life, having just waste is bothering me. |
| 1:57.7 | Wasteful spending is bothering me, feeling an obligatory sense to do something because others are |
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